Author: Heather Close
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Bowling Green’s Med Center Health acquires Russellville hospital
Kentucky Health News Med Center Health, the nonprofit hospital chain based in Bowling Green, is now the owner of 75-bed Logan Memorial Hospital, and has changed its name to The...
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State accepting applications for medical-cannabis licensing lottery and prescribing authority; patient cards not available until Jan. 1
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentuckians can now begin applying for a cannabis business license, and medical providers can apply to the state Board of Medical Licensure and Board of Nursing...
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Your Local Epidemiologist says gun violence is public-health issue
OPINION By Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist On June 24, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public-health crisis. Many narratives immediately pushed back that this isn’t public...
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Some Ky. counties using settlement money to make new opioid-withdrawal treatment available to a small number of residents
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky counties are making a new treatment to reduce opioid-withdrawal symptoms available free to a few of their residents, using money from the...
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Louisville Circuit Judge Brian Edwards rejects Jewish women’s religious challenge to Kentucky’s near-total ban on abortions
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards has ruled against a lawsuit by three Jewish women challenging Kentucky’s abortion ban on religious grounds. In a nine-page opinion...
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Fireworks are fun, but they can be dangerous
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While it wouldn’t feel like the Fourth of July without fireworks, it’s important to remember that all fireworks, even sparklers, can be dangerous. “The...
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988 roll-out uneven, but Ky. appears to be doing ‘pretty well;’ last of 14 regional mental-health centers nearing certification for calls
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even though the roll-out of the three-digit national suicide hotline remains a work in progress across the nation, Kentucky’s roll-out over the past two...
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Ben Chandler to retire as head of Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky; board names COO Allison Adams to succeed him
Ben Chandler, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky for the last eight years, announced Thursday that he would retire at year’s end and be succeeded by...
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Supreme Court allows government efforts against controversial social-media posts, saying plaintiffs lack standing to sue
By Mark Sherman Associated Press The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to...
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Rural Tennessee hospitals near Kentucky border remain closed as the Volunteer State keeps spurning expansion of Medicaid
By Taylor Sisk KFF Health News JELLICO, Tenn. — In March 2021, this town of about 2,000 residents on the Kentucky border in the shadow of Pine Mountain lost its...